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When established titans of the gaming world like Nintendo make headlines for legal battles, the entire industry pays attention. The latest stir erupted after Nintendo sued Genki, the accessory maker, for what the Japanese gaming giant claims was a breach of multiple trademark and competition...

With no sign of slowing down, Xbox continues to treat players to a steady parade of new releases. The week of May 5 through May 11, 2025, is set to deliver a diverse lineup packed with inventive adventures, challenging action, and intriguing indie gems. Whether you're a die-hard fan keeping your...

Few moments in gaming generate as much anticipation as the next entry in a legendary franchise like DOOM. After nearly five years since the adrenaline-fueled brutality of DOOM Eternal, fans have not only clamored for a new chapter, but also set their expectations high: can id Software’s latest...

Steam’s April 2025 Hardware and Software Survey paints a revealing portrait of gaming’s ever-evolving landscape, highlighting clear trends in graphics and processor adoption as well as the enduring influence of Microsoft’s operating systems. Each month, Valve’s survey quietly steers the...

Few games are as revered in the annals of gaming history as Chrono Trigger, the 1995 Square Enix classic heralded for its innovative narrative, memorable characters, and masterful combat system. In the decades since its release on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), fans have...

As the sunset of Windows 10 support nears—a landmark date set by Microsoft for October 14, 2025—an increasing number of gamers are making the leap to Windows 11. Valve’s recent Steam Hardware and Software survey for April 2025 provides revealing insights into this evolving landscape, shedding...

With the flicker of a CRT monitor and the knowing hum of late-‘90s hardware, Quake 2 stands as an iconic pillar of gaming nostalgia. Fast-forward almost thirty years, and a name synonymous with Windows productivity—Microsoft—has harnessed the spirit of this classic for an experimental journey at...

The convergence of seemingly unrelated worlds—real estate technology and next-generation gaming AI—might appear like an odd pairing at first glance, yet this week’s discussion on the GeekWire Podcast reveals that innovative shifts across industries can often inform one another in unexpected...

Microsoft is pushing the envelope of gaming innovation once again by introducing Copilot for Gaming—an AI-powered assistant designed to transform the player experience on both consoles and Windows PCs. With this announcement, Microsoft not only underlines its commitment to bridging gaming across...

Speculation about Microsoft’s future in the handheld gaming market has reached fever pitch, thanks to a fresh wave of credible rumors. The expectation is palpable: after years of sidestepping direct engagement with portable gaming hardware, is Xbox finally ready to put its name on a device you...

The gaming world has long awaited a move from Microsoft that would see the Xbox brand step out of the living room and into the portable gaming space. Recent rumors, bolstered by credible leaks and reporting from Windows Central’s Jez Corden, now point to the potential realization of this...

Microsoft’s gaming giant appears to be testing the waters of portable play, and the latest rumor has fans buzzing. According to a recent report highlighted by Windows Central and picked up by Ruetir, the first portable Xbox could arrive sooner than many imagined. While details remain sketchy...

Microsoft’s push toward innovation in the gaming hardware space is once again making headlines, this time with credible indications that the tech giant is working in tandem with industry manufacturing heavyweights on what could be its most daring hardware gambit yet: a portable Xbox. While...

Few executives in the gaming world have had careers as storied as Peter Moore’s. A veteran whose fingerprints are visible on SEGA’s Dreamcast era, EA Sports’ resurrection, and—most relevantly—the Xbox 360 launch that redefined what consoles could be, Moore’s opinions carry both the nostalgia of...

Amazon GameLift Streams: Cloud Gaming’s Accessible Future The world of cloud gaming is in the midst of a profound transformation, with major tech players racing to remove the traditional barriers that have long separated high-end gaming from the broader, device-diverse consumer base. Within this...

Microsoft’s ambition to reshape our relationship with our digital past took a major leap this week, as Windows Recall finally emerged from its extended cocoon and landed on Windows 11 devices worldwide. For months, Recall has sat at the center of heated debates about privacy, productivity, and...

The thrill of seeing the words “Steam Deck Verified” slapped on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster quickly evaporated the moment I witnessed that verification badge mean little more than “it boots up and doesn’t detonate the handheld in a shower of sparks.” For anyone who’s been around the...

In a bold move that has sent ripples through the gaming community, indie developer Ice Water Games has pulled their open-world RPG, Tenderfoot Tactics, from the Xbox digital storefront. This decision aligns with the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which...

When a company is described as a “core holding” for every investor and still manages to seduce finance nerds after decades in the spotlight, you know we’re not talking about Blockbuster. We’re talking about the digital deity of Redmond: Microsoft. A company so pervasively embedded in our daily...

I spent a good chunk of the recent long weekend plowing through Call of Duty—not solely because the adrenaline of narrowly escaping digital demise is preferable to, say, mowing the lawn, but because there's never a dull moment in this ever-morphing, sometimes confounding shooter universe. Yet...